The Last King of America
| Autor: | Roberts, Andrew |
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| EAN: | 9781984879288 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 784 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 07.11.2023 |
| Untertitel: | The Misunderstood Reign of George III |
| Schlagworte: | Biography / Autobiography |
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"Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon--a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff's preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted in the prejudiced and brilliantly persuasive opinions of eighteenth-century revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who needed to make the king appear evil in order to achieve their own political aims. After combing through hundreds of thousands of pages of never-before-published correspondence, ... historian Andrew Roberts has uncovered the truth: George III was in fact a wise, humane, and even enlightened monarch who was beset by talented enemies, debilitating mental illness, incompetent ministers, and disastrous luck"--
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